Does Ubuntu Install Format Hard Drive?
Contents Show Activity on This Post. When You Are Installing Ubuntu, at the Partitioning Step, Choose Use Entire Harddisk, and Ubuntu Will Format the Entire...
Show activity on this post. When you are installing Ubuntu, at the partitioning step, choose Use entire harddisk, and Ubuntu will format the entire harddisk for you, also creating a swap partition.
Does installing Ubuntu wipe hard drive?
The installation you’re about to do will give you full control to completely erase your hard drive, or be very specific about partitions and where to put Ubuntu. If you have an extra SSD or hard drive installed and want to dedicate that to Ubuntu, things will be more straightforward.
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